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Implement Linked Devices

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Description

Having linked devices can make it a little bit easier for users to start the hybrid flow. This is useful if a user has two devices, but credentials are not synchronized between them.

In order to do this, we'd need to send a message to the UI session after the credential is completed. There are a couple of ways to do this:

- the UI can wait a little bit after the credential is received for an event that has device linking information.
- CredentialService can wait a little bit after the credential is received, but before sending the CredentialCompleted event.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by tracing CredentialService from credential receipt through the CredentialCompleted event and the UI session message described in the issue. Decide how the UI should receive device-linking information and whether the wait belongs in the UI or CredentialService; done means the linked-device data reaches the UI session after credential completion.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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